. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. Spiders. Fig. 261. Lycosid mother, with lier newly hatohed brood upon her back. Spider lings Pick-a- back. XIT. The Lycosid mother referred to (page 143) presented i tunity to observe the habits of her younglings. One montl coon had been made, June 4th, the spider was found with the young hatched and massed upon her body, from caput to abdomen. The empty egg sac still clung to her spinnerets, and the younglings were grouped upon the upp
. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. Spiders. Fig. 261. Lycosid mother, with lier newly hatohed brood upon her back. Spider lings Pick-a- back. XIT. The Lycosid mother referred to (page 143) presented i tunity to observe the habits of her younglings. One montl coon had been made, June 4th, the spider was found with the young hatched and massed upon her body, from caput to abdomen. The empty egg sac still clung to her spinnerets, and the younglings were grouped upon the upper part of the same. The abdomens of the little spiders were of a light yellow color, the legs of a greenish brown or slate color, and the brood were tightly packed upon and around each other, the lower layers apparently holding on to the mother's body and the upper upon those beneath it. Twenty-four hours thereafter the cocoon was dropped, and the spiderlings clung to the mother alone. An examination of the cocoon showed that the young had escaped from the thin seam or joint formed by the union of the egg cover and the circular cushion when pulled up at the circumference into globular shape. good oppor- after her co-. Fio. 262. The site of a brood of Dolo- medcs between a boat landing and the piles. the whole was. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911. [Philadelphia] The Author, Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia
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